In 2010 the average temperature of the Earth's surface was 0.72 °C above the 1951–1980 average, the highest since reliable global records began in 1880. Each new record shows how much the planet has warmed since the industrial era, mainly because of greenhouse gases released by burning coal, oil and gas. It took place in 2010.
Before and after
- 2010Crisis in Venezuela
- 2010Release of Viber
- 2010The Denisovans are identified
- 2010The Neanderthal genome is published
- 20102010 becomes the warmest year on record
- 2010Global life expectancy reaches 70 years
- 4 January 2010Construction of Burj Khalifa
- 12 January 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 27 February 20102010 Chile earthquake
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